I now know how long Cleaner wrasses can live

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Originally Posted by Titus

Hello,

I actually think this is good if the animal that you cared for actually died of natural causes, rather than due to stress or other bad reasons that are the majority of cases out there.

Titus

while I agree than it is beter for a fish to die naturly... how can we be certian that the life span of this fish is only 3 years in the wild. it wasn;t to long ago that people were happy with tangs that lived 4 years in there care.. now we find otu the life cycle for a tang can be upwards of 50 years..

it is a acomplishment to keep a clkeaner wrass living for two or three years.. though not unheard of.. kind of a luck of the draw thing .. but I can;t help wondering how long the cleaner wrass would have lived in the Ocean with out the stress of our tanks...

Steve